The Apgar Scale Is Used

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Apgar Scale is used

• A) by the mother to describe the amount of pain she is experiencing during labor.
• B) by the doctor to assess the ease or difficulty of the delivery.
• C) to assess the overall condition of a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth.
• D) by the parents to describe the quality of their transition to parenthood.

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Definitions:

DNA

A double-stranded molecule consisting of nucleotides arranged in a helical structure, serving as the hereditary material in most organisms.

Purines

Nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA that include adenine (A) and guanine (G), playing a crucial role in encoding genetic information.

Pyrimidines

One of the two types of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Chargaff

Refers to Chargaff's rules, which are empirical rules regarding the ratios of nucleotide bases within DNA molecules: adenine (A) pairs with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) pairs with guanine (G).